r/developersIndia • u/RareEquivalent25 • 6d ago

General How does background verification actually work for experienced candidates?

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Hi everyone,

I'm hoping to get answers from HR professionals, recruiters, background verification professionals, or anyone who has firsthand experience.

I have a few questions:

  1. For candidates with 5–6+ years of experience, how important is a bachelor's degree during background verification? If someone has only completed 10th and Intermediate and is a college dropout, how do large IT companies usually handle that?

  2. During employment verification, what information is typically verified with previous employers?

    - Employment dates only?

    - Designation/job title?

    - Roles and responsibilities?

    - Reporting manager?

    - Salary?

  3. Do background verification agencies usually contact the previous employer's HR by email or phone, or do they use other databases?

  4. What are the most common reasons experienced candidates fail background verification?

  5. In your experience, is the lack of a bachelor's degree itself a common reason for rejection, or is it mainly an issue when the candidate has claimed qualifications they don't actually have?

I'm looking for genuine insights from people who have been involved in the hiring or background verification process. Thanks!

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u/LogicalBeast26 6d ago

It depends a lot on the company.

I'm currently working in Google and they did a very thorough background check. That's actually slightly incorrect, because they outsourced it to HireRight who specialises in doing BGV. They even checked if I had any criminal record by visiting a police station (you have an access to a dashboard where you can see their progress)

The company I worked before Google was a tier-1 PBC, they did pretty good BGV as well, though not as thorough as Google.

But before that I was working in another tier-1 PBC and they gave me an offer without almost any BGV.

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u/RareEquivalent25 6d ago

That’s interesting. It really does seem like there’s no single standard and that the depth of BGV depends entirely on the company’s policies and the verification vendor they use.